After looking at the books, monographs and other published work of my chosen artists and photographers, I have been inspired to create a book with a compilation of my photographs from this project.

The book will explore the way the environment can change and how lighting ant atmosphere evokes narrative and emotion as well as the use of natural and man-made components especially natural and man-made light and the contrast between these. It will also feature the juxtaposition of a natural human being and how they are influenced and affected by their environment as well as how they interact.

I started looking at the work of Todd Hido and his 2001 monograph House Hunting which explored America from a very candid perspective as well as the suburbs and homes which people lived in, this took a selection of photograph from his portfolio Homes at Night. I then looked at the photo book Twilight: Photography in the Magic Hour which was based on the 2006 London exhibition featuring artists such as Bill Henson and Philip Lorca Dicorcia. Exploring this nocturnal theme is also something I plan on referencing in book as with how it evokes atmosphere and narrative into the environment. I then looked at Bill Hensons alluring nocturnal book Lux Et Nox. His book explored the notion of nature and civilization and how they effect each other, which is a key theme in my work, his work also looks at negative spaces and transitions in the atmosphere.

I then looked at text and graphic design based artists Hamish Fulton and Ed Ruscha who used text to elevate the meaning as well as add new context. I have experimented a lot through my coursework with testing different fonts, colours and compositions but plan on recreating new designs with my photographs for my book to create a more consistent theme for the book. I also plan on having a variation of two page spreads and single spreads with complementary text opposite the image.

I plan on using Lightroom to upload and compose my photographs into a book format and will add text over the images using Photoshop, to publish my book  will use the publishing website Blurb.com. This will be done during my exam.